The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-05-04

an institution that, like ancient Baby
lon, ideals in slaves and the souls Of
men,"
From the Dallas News of March the
goth, we clip the following;
" The papers give Dallas due credit for
paying the liquor tax though they make it
appear that more liquor Is drank here than
in four of the other largest cities in the
State. The papers repeat the statement
that the tax collectors OF the following coun.
ties collected the amounts set opposite their
names from liquor dealers:
DeNar county,. ............,...'.... zO,oUO
GaNeston county, .-,.............,. f,OoO
Harris county. ................. o.. 1850
Tarrant county, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. $4,000
Dallas county, ............. Ill 900
III fact is that Dallas is the only county
where the tax is collected. Galveston is
VIGOROUSLY remiss
The report OF farcical trials of SINH
lawlcssness were the first things which
confronted me in your CITY, as appears
from the News of last Saturday.
What them Can any stronger case
be made out against prohibition than
thisp And are these gentlemen ready
to abandon all attempts to restrict the
incorrigiblc lawlessness of this traflicP
What consistency do they evince in
championing regulation and denounc-
ing prohibition?
Why may not prohibition prohibit
The majority who vote for it will not
obstruct the law. And we flatter our
selves that thousands who now oppose
it will Loyalty advocate its enforcement
when it becomes a law. The courts
which adjudcate the cases, and the Of
ficers who execute the law will all be
sworn to carry it into effect.
Must we conclude that all Texas ju-
rists aud officials will perjure them
selves, and millions OF free people
will lie inundated by n few thousand
roughs and saloon-kcepers?
But let us examine briefly some evil
dence of prohibition IN States which
have it embodied in their constitution.
Take first
RHODE ISLAND.
Hon. Geo. =. Wetmore, governor OF
Rhode Island, in his annual address, in
1887, said:
All things considered, / think it may
Ialrly nc thlu tnuI rs gOou ItsuHs nave
been obtained In its enforcement as could
have reasonably been anticipated, and
as an evide nee OF this | may cite the official
records of the police departments OF the
cities of Providence and Newport, whose
which | assume to be correct,
indicate large reduction of drunkenness
nd of that class of disorder and misery
which intoxicnnts provoke and stimulate.
In the same connection append two
kilograms sent out during the recent
campaign;
PROVIDENCE, II. l., March 90.
Increase of arrests for drunkenness and
revolry in Providence last six months IL
cense, over eighteen per cent. Decrease In
first six months prohibition. over forty-two
per cent. Common drunkenness In same
time decreased In Newport 100 per cent;
fifty per cent. last two months,
seventy-five per cent. Official figures;
ii. W. C0NANT.
PROVIDENCE, II. l.. March -.
The statistics from the city of Providence.
the largest city In the State, show an n
crease OF drunkenness during the last sax
months Of the license law Of 1888 per cent.
While during the first six months OF prohi-
bition. as compared with the corresponding
period under license, drunkenness decreased
more than forty.two per cent. The COM
mitments to the State workhouse, whose
inmates are largely victims TO the intem-
perate use of intoxicating liquors, for the
first six months under prohibition. rs COM
pared with the corresponding periC d under
license, she W a falling of of more than one
half, and resulting in the large saving TO the
State Of more than 81 5000 per annum in
the item Of board slone. The 'growler,'
or tin kettle trade, has almost entirely dis
appeared from the streets. and children are
not now seen frcquenting liquor saloons Tor
supplies OF liquor, as before prohibition
went into effect. Many families that never
saw penny Of the weekly earnings Of it,
head, now e,ciye the full benstt OF its Ia
Dor. The legislature, now IN session, has
indefinitely postponed, by an almost unan
imous vote. proposition TO submit the re-
peal Of the prohibition amendment TO the
people, and will at this session make the
prohibition law more effective.
q. II. BRAYTON.
Chief of state Police.
Merely to save space, we stop at this.
Look next at
IOWA.
DIES MONIES, Iowa. April Ex-Governor
Larrabee has written a letter In reply % an
inquiry from the secretary 81 the central
Of the prohibiiory campaign OF
Texas in regard 10 the workings OF piohlbr
ton in Iowa. The governor says that IN
eighty out Of the nlnety-nine counties OF
the slate prohibition j. enforced. ana IN the
nineteen counties IL is partly tn
forced; that no property has been depre.
ciated BY IT. enforcement. ~ saloons make
room for better and more Legitimate busi-
ness: that the endorsement Of the law has
had no noticeable effect upon the popula-
ton beyond causing the removal from the
state Of some ineurnble dispensers and